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A DICTIONARY OF 
Coast. Tanacetiim Balsamita, L. — A contraction of Alecost (which 
see), or perhaps of costiis, given in Lawson’s Country Housewife’s 
G-arden (1637) : ‘it is used in ale in May.’ 
Cob. ‘ Clover-seed.’ — East, Hal. lYr. 
Cob-nut. Corylus Avellana, L., var. grandis. Prior, p. 50. Line. 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6. ‘A master nut. It is the name of an old game 
among the children, played with nuts.’ — Wr. Hal. gives a detailed 
account of the game. 
Coccow Flowers. Lyte’s spelling of Cuckoo Flowers (3), which 
see. 
Cock-bramble. Rubus fruticosus, L. — Norf. Encyclopaedia of Agri- 
culture. 
Cock-brumble. Rabus fruticosus, L . — Hal. lYr. E. Anglia, Eorhy; 
Norf. HoU. 
Cock-drunks, sb. The berries of Ryrus Aucuparia, L. — >S^. TF. Cumh. 
In E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 it is also called Cock-drink (p, xxi.), and it is 
stated in that work (p. 45) that ‘ the fruit is reputed to possess the 
property of intoxicating fowls.’ 
Cockeno. Pajxwer Rhaeas, L. — Berwiclisli. Bot. E. Bord. ‘ In the 
neighbourhood of Gordon I heard this weed called Cockeno, evidently 
from coch, the Celtic for scarlet, and hence the name is probably 
coeval with the early inhabitation of the district.’ — Bot. E. Bord., 
p. 30. 
Cock-fighters. See Cocks. 
Cock-foot. Chelidoniain majiis, L. — Ger. Appx. 
Cock-grass. (1) ‘Darnel.’ — (7ot?72&. Hal. Y^r. ; by Avhich is intended 
Bromiis mollis, L., and B. secalinus, L. ; not Lolium temidentum, L. 
(See Darnel.) Holdich mentions the former plants as being called 
Cock-grass ‘in the fens.’ 
(2) Rhinantlnis Crista-galli, L. — Holdich. 
Cock-head. Stacliys jxdustris, L. — Lanarks. Jamieson. 
Cockheads. Centaurea nigra, L. — Midlands, Marshall, E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 5 ; North, Hal. YT. 
Cockie-bendie. (1) Fir-cones. — Renfrewsh. Jamieson. 
(2) Large buds of Acer pseudo-platanus, L. — Renfrewsh. Jamieson. 
Cockiloorie. Beilis perennis, L. — Shell. Jamieson. ‘Perhaps from 
Su. G. koka, the sward, and lura, to lie hid ; q. what lies hidden during 
winter in the sward.’ — Jamieson. 
Cockle. (1) Lychnis Githago, L. — ‘Yulgus appellat Coccle ant 
pople.’ — Turn. Lib. ‘ Cockole hath a longe smal leafe, and wyll beare 
V or vi floures purple colloure as hrode as a grote, and the sede is 
rounde and hlacke.’ — Fitzherhert, Boke of Husbandry. The Grete 
Herball also applies the name to this plant. N. Bucks., and general 
in hooks. Prior, p. 50. Hal. , but the pearl-oyster seems intended in 
the passage quoted from Lydgate. Wr. TsTemnich calls it also 
Cockle-weed. It is often called Corn Cockle. 
